Drumlummon Mine: 332 MSHA citations Metal/Non-Metal

Employee claims to have hurt his back while operating a haul truck. Road was rough and seat suspension launched employee upwards hitting his head on the ROPS causing pain in upper back. Began hurting a week later when he went to the ER room on 01/09/2013. That is when accident report was received.

Miner was climbing up a raise to clean down muck from previous blast. Miner was up about 30 feet on the ladder when ladder swung away from the rib. Ladder had loosened up from precious blast and allowed muck to fall from above about 8 feet and struck miner on left shoulder, arm, and back. 12/17/12 placed on authorized time loss until MRI in 2 weeks.

Jack-leg drill had a worn out chuck and employee was showing the mechanic the problem with the chuck. When employee set the drill back against the face he had his hand on the drill throttle control and a small rock fell from the face and landed on the side of his thumb fracturing his thumb.

Employee attempted to bend over a piece of hog wire with his hand to prevent it from snagging on someone. Wire sprung back and punctured palm of left hand through employee's glove. This resulted in employee having to go to the hospital ER and having wound cleaned and 2 sutures to close wound.

Employee was lifting a box of resin cartridges onto a shelf about 40 inches from the sill felt a sharp pain in back. Was taken to hospital and placed on modified duty until the results of an MRI are reviewed.

Employee was drilling a face round with a jackleg drill. The leg on the jackleg kicked out from the sill and the D handle on the jackleg struck the employee on the lower left leg. Two weeks later on 06/05/2012 employee went to a doctor and had the fluid drained from the bruise.

Employee was operating an MTI 210 LHD, while in the process of turning left, employee had his right hand on top of the gauge console which is a pinch point. This resulted in the employee smashing his hand between the FOPS and the corner of the gauge console. This resulted in employee receiving 2 stitches to the puncture wound.

Employee was cleaning out a diesel fuel line with brake cleaner. While spraying the fuel line with the brake cleaner the cleaner ricocheted back into the employees face. Brake cleaner also went up under the employees safety glasses and into both of employees eyes. This caused a burning sensation, pain and loss of vision to both eyes

Employee was operating an underground L.H.D. loading haul trucks. Employee hit a bump in the travel-way and the D-Ring on his miners belt got between him and the back of the operators seat. This caused the D-Ring to strike the employee in the lower portion of his back causing pain and numbness.

Employees left foot was caught in hoses, employee jerked up with his left leg to free it from the hoses and struck his knee against a ladder. Injuring his left knee. It was latter found out that employee had surgery on his knee, but had not informed anyone at the mine site. Employee has been released to modified duty but has chosen not to return to work.

Employee was walking to safety office on surface to turn in 5 point cards. Slipped on un-sanded ice, fell, fractured Left ankle.

Employee was pulling Femco Telephone cable from a cable reel. Cable hung up on reel, employee pulled down hard on the cable and cable suddenly came free. Employee lost his balance and fell down to the ground striking his head below his hard hat. This resulted on a one and one half inch laceration to the back of the employee's head. EE received six staples to close the wound.

Miner was drilling large diameter up holes with a jack leg drill. The jack leg drill steel hung up in the drill hole causing the jack leg drill to spin. This put the miner into the rib wall injuring his left shoulder. Miner reported accident but continued to work for 5 more 10 hour shifts. On miner's 7 days off he called in & reported that he had gone to dr about shoulder.

Employee and another employee was drilling a face round. Employee was closer to the face than the other employee, when the drill steel broke about 6 inches from the chuck of the jackleg. Employee operating the jackleg could not control the jackleg and it punctured the employee closer to the face in the left foot. Resulting in 2 stitches to close wound.

EE was using a come-along to hoist up a large battery charging station. He was pushing the suspended load and was releasing the come-along down. When it released, his right arm got punctured by the leg of the charging station.

Miner was operating a jackleg drill bolting up the heading, when miner was ready to pull 8' steel, nipper (helper) pulled back on the 8' steel at the same time. Miner put his hand under the drill and smashed his hand between the drill stop and jackleg.

Plastic water line was frozen. EE was using a propane weed burner and air to move the ice. The ice broke free and several small chunks of ice struck EE in the left brow, causing a laceration, resulting in 3 stitches.

Miner was drilling with a jackleg drill when a rock fell 8' from the back and struck the miner on his left arm. Miner received 12 stitches to his arm.

Employee was picking up a jackleg drill after finishing drilling a knee hole when he felt a very sharp pain in his lower back.

Employee was holding onto a 2" air hose, and his co-worker opened the air valve to clean out the air line. The resulting pressure was more than employee could handle and the hose struck him in the left knee.

The EE shanked a striker bar took striker bar off of the longhole drill machine and the 30 feet of drill rod fell out of the hole and struck the EE on the left hand. Required 5 stitches.

The employee was backing up a Wagner 6 ton haul truck the ee had a 6 foot drill steel in the operator station of the truck. This steel was caught on the (rib) of the drift and hit the ee in the head behind the left ear.

EE was drilling a face round with a Gardner Denver Jackleg the miner's foot was between two rocks on floor of heading the weight of the drill and steel coming out of the drillhole caused him to turn his body and his foot between the two rocks,his foot would not turn and this caused a break in a bone in his left foot.

The EE was working on a 480 electrical eq. disconnect, changing cord end for Jumbo. The electric power was not turned off and locked out. The EE made contact with the 480 volt circuit and fell to the floor of the drift. EE could not let go of the circuit and EE's in the area pulled the cable out of his hands.

The miner was climbing up the charley south raise and a small loose rock fell down the raise and striking the miner in the face on the chin and breaking a tooth and neck pain. Also visual discomfort to the right eye.

The EE was installing split set roof bolts with a jack leg drill. While driving the bolt into place the steel plate on the roof bolt knocked a rock out of the back. The rock hit the miner in the head, his hard hat was on his head pushing his face onto the jackleg drill, breaking his tooth.

The miner was working in the Charlie south raise he was lifting a large timber 8" X 8" X 10' and pulled the muscles and tendons around his left elbow. The accident was not reported until 8/19/10. The employee said that his arm hurting, a lot of pain and needed to go to hospital to have x-ray.

The miner had just ate lunch, walking back to work area, a rock fell out of the back and struck the EE in the head. The EE was taken to the hospital on 8/15/10. The accident was not reported until 8/15/10 because the miner was observed underground and on 8/15/10 and did not know who he was. Was told at the hospital by his wife about the rock striking him.

A gardner denver jack leg drill was drop down a raise by accident, striking a miner.

The miner had turn the air off to the jackleg drill to put oil in the oiler, The jackleg was against the rid of the drift. The miner turn the air on and did not jackleg drill went up rib and falling onto the miner right leg. Bruised right knee with swelling.

The EE (miner) was loading prill into face round with a prill pot. Walking toward the prill pot and weld on top of prill pot came loose and blew prill into his face, a lot of prill.

Inversion of the ventilation caused the air flow in the face to stop.

Inversion of the ventilation caused the air flow in the heading to stop.

Inversion of the ventilation caused the air flow in the face to stop.